The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Architect role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lead Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Architect
Rank 523 465 514
Rank change year-on-year
-58 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Architect 375 514 402
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.348% 0.425% 0.326%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.368% 0.449% 0.345%
Number of salaries quoted 310 414 280
Average salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £64,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year
-7.85% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Lead Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Lead Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the UK.

Lead Architect Salary Trend

Lead Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lead Architect over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Lead Architect Salary Histogram

Lead Architect
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -52 363 £75,000 -
London -72 204 £82,500 +10.00%
East of England +31 52 £75,000 +1.69%
South East +6 46 £64,000 -14.66%
Hertfordshire +34 41 £80,000 +28.00%
City of London -36 41 £78,750 +5.00%
West Midlands -3 26 £70,000 +21.73%
Hampshire +17 23 £63,500 -15.33%
North West -1 18 £47,500 -9.52%
South West +19 15 £52,000 -35.00%
Stevenage +25 14 - -
Berkshire +11 14 £75,000 +11.11%
Yorkshire -10 13 £104,000 +38.66%
Canary Wharf +5 12 £100,000 +26.98%
Slough +7 11 £75,000 -9.09%
Crewe +12 10 £58,000 -3.33%
Cambridgeshire +8 10 £55,000 -26.66%
Cheshire +4 10 £58,000 -17.14%
Cambridge - 10 £55,000 -
Warwickshire +16 9 £70,000 -
West Yorkshire +3 9 £104,000 +38.66%
Bournemouth - 9 £52,000 -
Dorset - 9 £52,000 -
Surrey +9 8 - -
Welwyn Garden City -11 8 £78,750 -31.52%
Leeds -13 8 £104,000 +38.66%
Caerphilly - 8 £60,000 -
Atherstone - 8 £70,000 -
South Wales - 8 £60,000 -
Wales - 8 £60,000 -

Lead Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Lead Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Lead Architect in their job title.

1 194 (25.63%) Banking
2 161 (21.27%) .NET
3 158 (20.87%) Finance
4 131 (17.31%) Java
5 125 (16.51%) SQL
6 122 (16.12%) C#
6 122 (16.12%) TOGAF
7 119 (15.72%) Microsoft
8 86 (11.36%) SQL Server
8 86 (11.36%) Retail
8 86 (11.36%) Enterprise Architecture
9 85 (11.23%) OO
9 85 (11.23%) Stakeholder Management
10 84 (11.10%) Oracle
11 75 (9.908%) Windows
11 75 (9.908%) Degree
12 74 (9.775%) SOA
13 71 (9.379%) Investment Banking
14 67 (8.851%) Technical Architecture
15 64 (8.454%) Project Management
16 62 (8.190%) Business Intelligence
17 61 (8.058%) E-Commerce
18 57 (7.530%) UNIX
19 56 (7.398%) UML
20 52 (6.869%) ETL
20 52 (6.869%) Internet
21 49 (6.473%) Back Office
22 47 (6.209%) Data Warehouse
22 47 (6.209%) Agile Software Development
23 45 (5.945%) Zachman Framework

Lead Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Lead Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Lead Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 161 (21.27%) .NET
2 42 (5.548%) ASP.NET
3 40 (5.284%) Web Services
3 40 (5.284%) XML
3 40 (5.284%) HTML
4 37 (4.888%) Middleware
5 34 (4.491%) WebSphere
6 30 (3.963%) J2EE
6 30 (3.963%) WCF
7 28 (3.699%) Spring
8 21 (2.774%) Hibernate
9 20 (2.642%) WPF
10 18 (2.378%) Ajax
10 18 (2.378%) Ruby on Rails
11 17 (2.246%) Node.js
12 16 (2.114%) XSLT
13 15 (1.982%) jQuery
14 13 (1.717%) Oracle Fusion
15 12 (1.585%) Java EE
16 11 (1.453%) Spring MVC
Application Platforms
1 38 (5.020%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.699%) Windows Azure
3 26 (3.435%) Apache
3 26 (3.435%) BizTalk Server
4 20 (2.642%) MS Exchange
5 19 (2.510%) ESB
6 18 (2.378%) RabbitMQ
7 12 (1.585%) Magento
7 12 (1.585%) WebSphere Application Server
8 9 (1.189%) TeamSite
8 9 (1.189%) WebSphere Process Server
9 8 (1.057%) WebLogic
9 8 (1.057%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 7 (0.925%) MQSeries
11 6 (0.793%) Commerce Server
11 6 (0.793%) Exchange Server 2003
11 6 (0.793%) Exchange Server 2007
11 6 (0.793%) Oracle Service Bus
11 6 (0.793%) Exchange Server 2010
12 5 (0.661%) FileNet
Applications
1 31 (4.095%) MS Excel
2 7 (0.925%) MS Project
3 6 (0.793%) MS Office
4 4 (0.528%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.264%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.132%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 16 (2.114%) Summit
2 14 (1.849%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.453%) Oracle BPM
4 7 (0.925%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 6 (0.793%) SAP SCM
5 6 (0.793%) SAP HR
6 5 (0.661%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.661%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.661%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.661%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.528%) RMDS
7 4 (0.528%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.396%) Temenos T24
8 3 (0.396%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.264%) SAP PP
10 1 (0.132%) SAP APO
10 1 (0.132%) SAP Payroll
10 1 (0.132%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.132%) SAP BPC
10 1 (0.132%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 52 (6.869%) Internet
2 20 (2.642%) SAN
3 18 (2.378%) WAN
4 14 (1.849%) HTTP
5 13 (1.717%) Firewall
6 11 (1.453%) LAN
7 8 (1.057%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (0.925%) FTP
9 6 (0.793%) NAS
9 6 (0.793%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.661%) PABX
10 5 (0.661%) NetScaler
10 5 (0.661%) Network Security
11 4 (0.528%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (0.528%) FWSM
11 4 (0.528%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (0.528%) BIG-IP
12 3 (0.396%) TCP/IP
13 2 (0.264%) VoIP
13 2 (0.264%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (11.36%) SQL Server
2 47 (6.209%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (3.170%) Hadoop
3 24 (3.170%) Big Data
4 20 (2.642%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (2.510%) MySQL
6 18 (2.378%) MongoDB
6 18 (2.378%) NoSQL
6 18 (2.378%) Redis
7 16 (2.114%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (1.982%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 13 (1.717%) OLAP
10 11 (1.453%) DB2
11 9 (1.189%) SQL Server 2008
11 9 (1.189%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 8 (1.057%) KDB
13 6 (0.793%) SQL Server 2005
13 6 (0.793%) Oracle 11g
13 6 (0.793%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.793%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (1.453%) Visual Studio
2 10 (1.321%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (0.661%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (0.661%) Rhino Mocks
3 5 (0.661%) Subversion
4 3 (0.396%) Moq
4 3 (0.396%) Selenium
5 2 (0.264%) NUnit
5 2 (0.264%) JIRA
6 1 (0.132%) Checkstyle
6 1 (0.132%) MorphX
6 1 (0.132%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.132%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (0.132%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.132%) PHPUnit
6 1 (0.132%) FindBugs
6 1 (0.132%) Eclipse RCP
6 1 (0.132%) GitHub
General
1 194 (25.63%) Banking
2 158 (20.87%) Finance
3 86 (11.36%) Retail
4 71 (9.379%) Investment Banking
5 49 (6.473%) Back Office
6 30 (3.963%) Telecoms
7 24 (3.170%) Front Office
8 22 (2.906%) International Banking
9 14 (1.849%) Marketing
10 12 (1.585%) Retail Banking
11 11 (1.453%) Wholesale Banking
11 11 (1.453%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.453%) Advertising
12 10 (1.321%) Games
12 10 (1.321%) Legal
12 10 (1.321%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.057%) Corporate Banking
14 5 (0.661%) Music
15 4 (0.528%) Billing
16 3 (0.396%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.359%) Online Banking
2 25 (3.303%) N-Tier
3 19 (2.510%) Management Information System
3 19 (2.510%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (2.378%) SaaS
5 15 (1.982%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 13 (1.717%) Client/Server
6 13 (1.717%) Open Source
7 12 (1.585%) FMCG
8 11 (1.453%) Derivative
8 11 (1.453%) IaaS
9 10 (1.321%) Mainframe
10 9 (1.189%) DataPower
11 7 (0.925%) PaaS
11 7 (0.925%) Hedge funds
12 6 (0.793%) Mobile Banking
12 6 (0.793%) Mathematics
12 6 (0.793%) Web 2.0
12 6 (0.793%) Cryptography
13 5 (0.661%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 75 (9.908%) Windows
2 57 (7.530%) UNIX
3 32 (4.227%) Linux
4 16 (2.114%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (1.849%) Windows 7
5 14 (1.849%) Windows Server 2003
6 12 (1.585%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.585%) Android
7 9 (1.189%) Windows XP
8 8 (1.057%) Windows Vista
9 7 (0.925%) Solaris
10 6 (0.793%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.661%) AIX
11 5 (0.661%) Debian
11 5 (0.661%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.661%) CentOS
12 1 (0.132%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.132%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.132%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (16.12%) TOGAF
2 86 (11.36%) Enterprise Architecture
3 85 (11.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 85 (11.23%) OO
4 74 (9.775%) SOA
5 67 (8.851%) Technical Architecture
6 64 (8.454%) Project Management
7 62 (8.190%) Business Intelligence
8 61 (8.058%) E-Commerce
9 56 (7.398%) UML
10 52 (6.869%) ETL
11 47 (6.209%) Agile Software Development
12 45 (5.945%) Zachman Framework
13 41 (5.416%) ITIL
14 39 (5.152%) TDD
15 37 (4.888%) Data Modelling
16 36 (4.756%) Business Analysis
17 34 (4.491%) Programme Management
18 29 (3.831%) Data Management
19 28 (3.699%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 131 (17.31%) Java
2 125 (16.51%) SQL
3 122 (16.12%) C#
4 33 (4.359%) C
5 30 (3.963%) T-SQL
6 28 (3.699%) JavaScript
7 23 (3.038%) Ruby
8 21 (2.774%) PHP
9 15 (1.982%) C++
10 10 (1.321%) Embedded C
11 6 (0.793%) VBA
12 5 (0.661%) Python
12 5 (0.661%) Objective-C
12 5 (0.661%) Scala
13 4 (0.528%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.396%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.264%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.264%) XQuery
15 2 (0.264%) Tcl
15 2 (0.264%) Perl
Qualifications
1 75 (9.908%) Degree
2 35 (4.624%) Microsoft Certification
3 30 (3.963%) Security Cleared
4 29 (3.831%) SC Cleared
5 18 (2.378%) CISSP
6 8 (1.057%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (1.057%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.793%) CISM
8 5 (0.661%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.661%) MCP
8 5 (0.661%) MCSE
8 5 (0.661%) CCIE
9 3 (0.396%) CCNA
10 2 (0.264%) PMP
10 2 (0.264%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.264%) CISA
10 2 (0.264%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.264%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.264%) MCTS
11 1 (0.132%) HP AIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.963%) QA
2 27 (3.567%) Basel III
3 24 (3.170%) Data Quality
4 20 (2.642%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.453%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.528%) SLA
7 3 (0.396%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.264%) JSP 440
System Software
1 34 (4.491%) Active Directory
1 34 (4.491%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (1.453%) Terminal Services
3 9 (1.189%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.925%) XenApp
4 7 (0.925%) Xen
5 6 (0.793%) vSphere
6 3 (0.396%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.264%) IAG
7 2 (0.264%) XenServer
8 1 (0.132%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (0.132%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 23 (3.038%) Puppet
2 10 (1.321%) Tivoli
3 9 (1.189%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 8 (1.057%) SCOM
5 7 (0.925%) SCCM
6 5 (0.661%) ZABBIX
6 5 (0.661%) Cacti
6 5 (0.661%) Nagios
7 1 (0.132%) TIBCO Hawk
7 1 (0.132%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 119 (15.72%) Microsoft
2 84 (11.10%) Oracle
3 44 (5.812%) VMware
4 37 (4.888%) SAP
4 37 (4.888%) Cisco
5 35 (4.624%) Citrix
6 24 (3.170%) IBM
7 21 (2.774%) HP
8 19 (2.510%) Hitachi
8 19 (2.510%) Teradata
9 18 (2.378%) Pega
9 18 (2.378%) Rackspace
9 18 (2.378%) NetApp
10 17 (2.246%) MicroStrategy
10 17 (2.246%) EMC
10 17 (2.246%) Fujitsu
11 16 (2.114%) Murex
12 13 (1.717%) Sybase
12 13 (1.717%) ATG
13 11 (1.453%) Business Objects
London
Title: Lead Architect Introduction: Montash have been engaged by a FTSE 20 client to assist in the addition of a Lead Architect to contribute in all The Organisation:...
Montash Associates
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 5 May 2013
London
Worldwide, growing and highly creative organisation are looking for a Lead Linux Architect to join the highly establish and still growing organisation... The role will Linux based, we'...
Linux Recruit
Salary: From £70,000 to £80,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Surrey, South East
Responsibilities: The Solutions architect has a key position within the Commercial Team, responsible for the design and pricing of often complex, large-scale Wide Area Network services to...
Proteus Europe
Posted: 16 May 2013
Surrey
Pre-sales (Assist Sales, Technical discussions with customers around their WAN/communications strategy and Updata MPLS offering) ? Design of WAN/MPLS networks and other ICT services, Voice, Filtering,...
Proteus Europe
Posted: 15 May 2013
UK
Microsoft Lead Architect with Windows 8 experience to shape and provide a professional consultancy services to large corporates. Great opportunity for an experience Windows 8 Lead Architect with...
Careerwise UK Limited
Salary: £90000 - £120000 per annum + package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Location: Caerphilly, South Wales... Bonus) + Benefits. Key Skills: Security, Architect, Designer. Our client, an IT managed services provider, is looking for an experienced Lead IT Security Architect to...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £60K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
Work as part of the programme management team on large programmes, governing and shaping the delivery of projects... Provides advice on technical aspects of system development and integration (...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £60,000 to £80,000 per annum £60k-£80k (neg) + Excellent package.
Posted: 14 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
The Role: Due to continued success the leading Dynamics supplier in the UK are seeking a lead Dynamics AX Lead Solutions Architect based in Oxfordshire... The Company: With...
Conspicuous
Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Welwyn Garden City, South East
Keywords: BI, Business Intelligence, Architect, Solution, Solution Architect, BI Solution Architect, Datawarehouse, Datawarehousing, Design, Technical Design, Data Warehouse, DBA, Teradata, Microstrategy, SQL, Cognos, Business Objects, Retail, FMCG, Project...
Salt
Salary: £65000 - £85000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
Our client provides a high quality design and application development service delivering the analysis, build and support of applications and services in conjunction with their offshore partners.As...
Hudson
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
London
The organisation is looking for an experienced Data Architect with solid data modelling experience and a strong Business Analyst background. The role will involve detailed requirements gathering and...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £60,000 to £75,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Welwyn Garden City
Title: Lead Solutions Architect (SA, Architect) Location: Welwyn Garden City, Herts, Key Skills: Architecture, Leadership, SOA An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Solutions Architect for integration...
Tesco
Salary: Competitive Salary with Excellent Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
London
One of my leading digital media agencies are currently looking for a UX Lead / Information Architect to start ASAP!... You as a UX Lead / Information Architect will need...
E-synergy Solutions
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
South East
The Solar Orbiter mission, developed by ESA in collaboration with NASA, is designed to carry an extensive complement of scientific instruments to the near-sun environment and will...
EADS
Posted: 3 May 2013
East London
Given the breadth and depth of our organisation, you can choose from thousands of different roles within our four main businesses: Retail Banking & Wealth Management , Commercial Banking , Global...
HSBC
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Qualifications, Experience and Skills: Deep knowledge of Java, Spring, MySQL, Hibernate. Understanding of software patterns like MVC, SOA. Use of AWS cloud services, Maven (or similar), Git a...
RollUp Media Ltd
Posted: 23 April 2013
West London
An ideal JAVA Lead Developer & Architect will hold the following skills and experiences: - Deep knowledge of Java, Spring, MySQL, Hibernate. - Understanding of software patterns like MVC, SOA. - Use...
Candidate Source
Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
London
Senior Java Developer with architecture experience to work for a fast growing media company based in London. You will be involved in greenfield Java development projects dedicated to...
E-synergy Solutions
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
The project implements a message based service oriented architecture hosted on a high performance computing grid... Technical and Data Architects to ensure that the architectural vision of is...
Real Staffing
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hampshire
Candidates require experience in the following technologies: Windows Server, VMware, HP Storage, Cisco firewalls & switches, System Centre Management products, Exchange, TMG, Ironport Email Gateway, Windows 7, Citrix VDI &...
Roc Search
Salary: £55000 - £63000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
UK
Strong .Net experience using C# Minimum one years experience of T-SQL including stored procedures and triggers... Installation and configuration of Dynamics CRM... Business analysis and best practices...
Ciber UK
Salary: From £40,000 to £65,000 per annum Competative
Posted: 13 May 2013
London
Key responsibilities of this role include: Software Architect /Development Lead with Strong Java background and good knowledge of Spring, Hibernate, web services, Unit testing and SQL... Good understanding...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £75,000 to £80,000 per annum Holidays+ Pension + Health + Benefi
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
The successful Lead Integration Architect (Hogan, Mainframe, CICS, Cobol) will have: - Extensive End-to-End Integration Experience - Design and implementation experience in; J2EE (JDBC, JNDI, JSP, JMS) and...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £55,000 to £70,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
West London
5+ years back-end Java experience. Experience with Spring, Struts or other web framework. Front-end dev experience: Javascript, CSS, HTML. SQL (we use MySQL) A degree in...
Ingresso Group Limited
Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum plus share options
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
City, London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
Cogence Search
Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + BENS
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
Cogence Search
Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + BENS
Posted: 17 May 2013